Today in the news: Obama defends Syria policy

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Apr 30, 2013 at 5:07 PM

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Quote of note

"We don’t know how they were used, when they were used, who used them -- we don’t have a chain of custody that establishes what exactly happened. I’ve got to make sure I’ve got the facts." - President Barack Obama, on intelligence reports that Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against the opposition. Obama defended his policy toward Syria and promised to close the Gunatanamo Bay detention facility in a question-and-answer session held earlier today, Yahoo reports. He also called openly-gay athelete Jason Collins "a terrific young man" and called out critics who feel he needs to make Congress act, saying, "That's their job."

News to know

Officials in New York City have announced they will begin looking for human remains at a site where part of a plane believed to have been used in the 9/11 attacks was found, CNN reports. The soil from the area, an 18-inch gap between two buildings, around the Boeing 767 edge flap will be sifted for possible human remains, and police are treating the area as a crime scene. Of the more than 2,700 victims of the attack, only 1,635 have been identified.

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